"It's just a fuel altered. They do that." Fuel Altered Photo Album (1 Viewer)

[glofria]

Ha Ha. Sorry for the misunderstanding Bob, but it wasn't to drive the car. It would have been the bottom end guy/truck driver/grill master/t-shirt seller/go-fer/what ever else needs to be done guy.

Still, it would have been cool. BTW I wouldn't drive that thing, it looks dangerous.

 

[Cliff]

Bob, great AA/FA photos. The last car, Havoc, that's the car from England. I think they came here to do some races. ?? What you don't see in the photo is his brains going side to side. Wow, look at the slicks!

 

[stitcherbob]

Ha Ha. Sorry for the misunderstanding Bob, but it wasn't to drive the car. It would have been the bottom end guy/truck driver/grill master/t-shirt seller/go-fer/what ever else needs to be done guy.

Still, it would have been cool. BTW I wouldn't drive that thing, it looks dangerous.

Still good!
But as bottom end guy, your job would be mostly picking up the pieces from the track!

 

[ScojoDak]

Still good!
But as bottom end guy, your job would be mostly picking up the pieces from the track!

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That'll teach the bottom end guy to double check those main caps.

 

[Holeinthehead]

Beyond me Why ALLACCESS can't get the sound this good.
Thanks for a great vid.
Gotta check 131 out, only 2hrs away.

 

[robinjackson]

Bob, great AA/FA photos. The last car, Havoc, that's the car from England. I think they came here to do some races. ?? What you don't see in the photo is his brains going side to side. Wow, look at the slicks!

Yes, they will be back again at CHRR.

 

[Cliff]

Still good!
But as bottom end guy, your job would be mostly picking up the pieces from the track!

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Bob, I remember this photo. Didn't see it in person, but that's the crank on the ground and he ran over it. What a mess. Driver is looking down & thinking, oh... fooey.... heh Oh, I think the driver is Jim Miles, who later drove the Black Magic AA/FA.

 

[stitcherbob]

I think the photog once said the driver wasn't looking down, it lost power so fast his head was jerked forward like he pulled the 'chutes

 

[Cliff]

He was thinking "I hope that's not Larry Sutton I ran over..." HEH Sutton was the best starter at Lions. He went to Irwindale after Lions closed. Once there was a 2 out of 3 between Don Moody & Don Garlits, not too long after Moody ran that 5.91 ET. Garlits was in the bad lane (had been messed up by a rocket car) & wanted to run to put on a show for the fans. But Sutton wanted Garlits to shut off, & G wouldn't do it. So Sutton got a fire extinguisher and put it in front of Garlits' car and that was that.

 

[glofria]

I was at the Nitro Revival at Barona Raceway in the hills above San Diego and took this shot of one of several AA/FA there for the show.

 

[glofria]

this run was shown from the tower, now watch from the stands. Even Rodney Flournoy had his hands full in the other lane. Rodney's daughter Thaus has the in car video up on her Facebook page.

 

[stitcherbob]

that belongs in the thread on "Out Of Shape"!

 

[glofria]

David Kommel has over 400 photos of Fuel Altereds here on his website:

80-CA001-001.JPG | Dave Kommel Photography

davekommel.photoshelter.com

 

[glofria]

And something for the collection too.

Access Denied | Dave Kommel Photography

 

[Cliff]

You can trace this class back to Day One, probably even to the dry lakes. There was a driver, around 1953 (?) with a 32 high boy roadster, 136 MPH & that was the fastest anyone had ever run. regardless of class.

 

[glofria]

I forgot to mention that they ran the World Fuel Altered Challenge down under at the Sydney Dragway this past weekend. The American Team was represented well.

 

[stitcherbob]

Hmmm....since I started this thread I've collected 2 Nash Metropolitans and a BMW Isetta....which one to put the 392 in?

 

[Cliff]

The Isetta! Just extend the frame a smidge so you can fit in there and......

 

[Luke Nieuwhof]

Some 'they just do that' pics in here for sure, particularly the deep end of the bonus gallery:

BONUS GALLERY: 2019 Aeroflow World Fuel Altered Challenge

Drag News Magazine is the place to go 'down under' for all the news, photos, video and race reports from the Australian drag racing scene.

www.dragnews.com.au

GALLERY: Aeroflow World Fuel Altered Challenge - Drag News Magazine

What a showcase of fuel altered racing the Aeroflow World Fuel Altered Challenge was. Check out the mega gallery from the event here. Let’s do it again!

www.dragnews.com.au

 

[Cliff]

Fuel Altereds are cool, no matter what country they race in. Low 6's with no wing & (almost) straight...... (Bradford's car and others)